I just returned from a week long retreat/vacation with my daughter, and I must say, it is amazing what stepping out of the daily routine can do for the soul! Not only because you get out of the usual environment and energies around you, but also because it allows you to be in the present, instead of simply functioning in…
Author: Yol Swan
A Life With Meaning and Purpose
In this fast-paced society, we tend to go on with our lives without questioning the patterns we follow socially, culturally, or mentally; without looking at what is going on inside or getting in touch with our feelings; without wondering whether we are living a life of substance, a life with meaning and purpose, or just going on ”automatic pilot.“ That…
Understanding Energy and Matter
Before I can move on to the more practical aspects of healing, I think it is fundamental to understand a few concepts that are the core foundation to my thoughts on the healing process. Energy is probably the most important one. So let’s explore this a little further.
The Power of Affirmation
On New Year’s day, instead of “New Year’s resolutions,” I choose ONE word to impregnate the whole year. Why? Because it seems that when you give the mind too many choices or things to do, it always finds an excuse not to. Yep, those long lists about going to the gym, finding the perfect job, and emptying a cluttered basement…
What Is Meditation?
Meditation is the practice of bringing the mind inward by concentrating on a single thought (or object) to exclude all other thoughts. It cannot happen without complete concentration, since the mind is continuously creating thoughts and bringing your attention from one thing to the next. Only when the concentration increases, thus excluding all thought waves, the mind becomes calm and…
The Subtle Energy of Christmas
Christmas is a day filled with joy and excitement. It is a time to get together with friends and family to celebrate and enjoy each other, to give and receive gifts, and hold thoughts and wishes of happiness and prosperity for everyone. We all know that Christmas is celebrated in all Christian countries because it honors the birth of Jesus…
A Very Special Winter Solstice
Today is December 21st and, like every year, this day marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as the shift in the Earth’s axial tilt in relation to the Sun, known as Winter Solstice. Solstice is derived from the Latin phrase for ”Sun stands still,“ because that is what the Sun appears to do before its…